Biography of Alessandro Borghese

Gentleman in the kitchen

November 19, 1976 Alexander Vincenzo Borghese was born in San Francisco (USA), on 19 November 1976. Cook said, author of cookbooks, has become a familiar face on the small screen, conductor of different transmissions culinary, very popular in Italy. The young chef was born into a family quite unlike any other. Alexander is the son of actress Barbara Bouchet, unforgotten diva degli anni ' 70, and entrepreneur Louis bourgeois. As stated in several interviews that they covered, Alessandro Borghese falls in the kitchen as a boy. The choice to pursue a career as a chef comes when he was seventeen, i.e before they even close his school brackets. It is being held at the International School in Rome, where he obtained a diploma in exactly a year later. As a first step decides to make the field, starting from the bottom. Starts in fact, despite the family comes from, from the lower steps of the culinary field. Immediately after graduating, adult, embarks on some cruise ships, starting to work as a dishwasher. For about three years of traveling by sea salt with tread, serving also as a cook. These were the years maybe more beautiful for him, related to the period of the first youth and where there are few adventures in which she runs. The young Alexander runs virtually around the world on board ships and in 1994 is even facing a shipwreck off the coast of South Africa, on board the Achille Lauro. Lives scary moments at that time and spends three days aboard a raft, practically in the middle of the ocean, while awaiting the arrival of the relief efforts. After this apprenticeship, so to speak, Alessandro Borghese began working as a sous-chef. Later he worked as chef real in different cities around the world, including Rome, London, San Francisco, Paris, passing for other small towns, renowned for its cuisine, as the experience in Perugia. It concerns, while in Paris, the French cuisine and attends some important stage where he learned many secrets related to his craft. The same thing is done in Italy, attending the school of sommelier. Shortly thereafter, on the threshold of 2000, back to New York, where the knowledge acquired in two very important restaurants of the Big Apple, working both as a chef as a sommelier. The final return in Italy, follows these experiences for some important restaurants of Milan, and Rome before then. His career in television began in 2004. It's on Sky digital platform Agnosticism baby girl makes her debut. The Magnolia tv production company wants to conduct a cooking show. Being a young chef, competent and good at work, good looking, bright and breezy, with a natural sympathy and enthusiasm, are all characteristics that facilitate sharply and allowing him to start a new phase of his life. The program is called "Courtesies to guests", a reality show aired on channel Real Time in which, in an ever new, trying to test the skill of the competitors at the time to welcome guests in their homes. With him on the set, there are also Roberto Ruspoli and Chiara Tonelli. A year later, in 2005, for the same channel Agnosticism leads "Ost", which aims to raise awareness of the culinary specialties of the Italian regions in a full immersion in which the conductor, together with some housewives of the place, have a full day in the kitchen, from preparation to cooking, until ready to place themselves around the table. The 2006 is the year of "Chef gentleman," other themed program ever conducted by Bourgeois and aired on Real Time. A year later, though, brings his expertise on the La7 channel, leading "Chef for a day" program of cooking & recipes, but also of races, where Fiammetta Fadda jury shall be attached and Leonardo Romanelli. On 22 October 2009 comes out to the bookstore her first book, entitled "the cowl does not make the Cook. The Italian chef gentleman. " The publishing house is Rizzoli. In the same year, in December, Alessandro Borghese returns to Real Time, with the program "Off the menu", in which contestants taking part will compete with each other in a race at the stove, in a professional kitchen, trying to bring to the table a complete menu for 20 guests. The program is very successful, so much to be repurposed for other two later editions. Meanwhile back on La7 to present the program "Cuochi e Fiamme", another competition where Bourgeois finds his old companions Fiammetta Fadda and Leonardo Romanelli. On 25 July of 2010 chef marries his fiancée Wilma Oliviero, model and manager, in a ceremony much followed by photographers and the press national squad. From 18 April 2011, back to Real Time, Alessandro Borghese leads his new format "Cooking with Ale!", aired almost every day. In the fall of 2012 arrives in Sky One where he leads the new broadcast entitled "against all".
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